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here's what the former general electric ceo jack welch tweeted. unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate, so change the numbers. >> plus, arizona senator and former republican candidate john mccain saying this on cnbc earlier today. >> i question exactly what those numbers are. our discussion about the w.a.r.n. act that just took place where they're in blatant violation of the law. i wouldn't put anything past this administration. >> by the way, the w.a.r.n. act he refers to requires businesses to tell employees about potential layoffs 60 days in advance. here with reangction, former lar secretary elaine chow. thanks very much for joining us. you were the labor secretary. you had the national butreau of labor statistics under you. what do you think about this possibility of a conspiracy? >> when i was at the department of labor, i think the bureau of labor statistics was very professional. they did a very good job. i don't know what's happening now. i can't speak to that. but the fact that this administration has delayed the issuance of t
here's what the former general electric ceo jack welch tweeted. unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate, so change the numbers. >> plus, arizona senator and former republican candidate john mccain saying this on cnbc earlier today. >> i question exactly what those numbers are. our discussion about the w.a.r.n. act that just took place where they're in blatant violation of the law. i wouldn't put anything past this administration. >> by the...
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now as far as jack welch is concerned, you're all sitting around talking about jack welch, a great legend in business, a very smart guy, he's 100% correct, 100% correct. >> wait a second, in terms of the chicago political guys manipulating the numbers? >> how does it go down to 7? there wasn't an economist in the country and after the election they'll do a big correction but jack welch has it right, there's no question 100% and a lot of the numbers that they're using are given by the obama administration. >> i know ken has a question for you, but my only thought on this whole thing is, i don't know that i buy that 7.8% number. i don't think that's real. i don't know that it was politics necessarily. >> nobody buys it. >> he's saying it's the numbers given to the bls by the obama administration. there's a lot of assumptions. obama care, the cbo, you can't impugn the cbo for coming up with $1 trillion for obama care. it was the numbers they got, double counting taxes, all of these bells and whistles in obama care to get it to work out. >> right. >> hold on. for the past year one of the talk
now as far as jack welch is concerned, you're all sitting around talking about jack welch, a great legend in business, a very smart guy, he's 100% correct, 100% correct. >> wait a second, in terms of the chicago political guys manipulating the numbers? >> how does it go down to 7? there wasn't an economist in the country and after the election they'll do a big correction but jack welch has it right, there's no question 100% and a lot of the numbers that they're using are given by...
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jarek jarek -- jack welch accusing the white house of manipulating this month's jobs data so it would look better for the president. always up for a good conspiracy theory republican congressman alan west of florida concurred and wrote, quote, in regards to today's jobs report i agree with former ge ceo jack welch. chicago style politics is at work here. from there it was sort of off to the races. republican congressman paul brown of georgia, quote, september jobs report raises questions. quote, i don't think bls cooked numbers. i think a bunch of dems lied about getting jobs. that would have the same effect. that was from a senior writer at something called the washington examiner, a conservative thing online. eric bolling who is at fox news, he wrote, wow. obama labor department smarter than all 25 of america's top economists. or something far more inside ous. i don't know. then there was this from conservative talk radio host laura ingram. quote, jobs numbers from labor secretary hilda solis are total pro obama propaganda. just looking on twitter you could see the ground swell on t
jarek jarek -- jack welch accusing the white house of manipulating this month's jobs data so it would look better for the president. always up for a good conspiracy theory republican congressman alan west of florida concurred and wrote, quote, in regards to today's jobs report i agree with former ge ceo jack welch. chicago style politics is at work here. from there it was sort of off to the races. republican congressman paul brown of georgia, quote, september jobs report raises questions....
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cheering at jack welch question the validity came from fortune magazin"fortune"magazine and itn jack welch quit and has an op-ed bashing his bashers. accusing the obama labor departmenlabordepartment of mans numbers so fortune editor in chief weeks to the president defense. and unfortunately, a writer did a couple of nasty stories pointing out that he laid off 100,000 people in 20 years. though they have had plenty of layoffs as they can revenue 50% in a decade. and jack welch counter punches instead in the "wall street journal" liking the beating he's taken over this to soviet russia. jack welch also come under attack from former obama economic advisor saying on al gore current tv that it is absolutely and totally ridiculous to say somehow some political people change the numbers. this is crazy stuff. oh yeah? he himself questioned the honesty of the job numbers in the bush administration in '03 in "new york times" that they have been buying people off their employment rolls i and the government has cooked the books. in a counter tweet he said jack, you completely missed cited my ol
cheering at jack welch question the validity came from fortune magazin"fortune"magazine and itn jack welch quit and has an op-ed bashing his bashers. accusing the obama labor departmenlabordepartment of mans numbers so fortune editor in chief weeks to the president defense. and unfortunately, a writer did a couple of nasty stories pointing out that he laid off 100,000 people in 20 years. though they have had plenty of layoffs as they can revenue 50% in a decade. and jack welch counter...
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jack welch suggested obama's team manipulated the data to give the president a boost well our guest is here to dispel conspiracy theories around the drop which is not to say the jobs numbers are manipulated but rather that they're manipulated on an ongoing basis one argue our economist argued in past have times look at this the unemployment rate has been low only because government programs especially social security disability have effectively been buying people off the unemployment rolls and reclassifying them as not in the labor force in other words the government has cooked the books faster back in two thousand and three austin goals be writing you may know him he went on to be an obama aide he was kind of loosening standards for qualifying for disability payments in the eighty's and ninety's so people who would normally be counted as unemployed started moving to the disability system and you can see how those numbers have steadily increased. and today as the eighty's and ninety's that those standards were loosened and this trying to continue during the recent downturn the number o
jack welch suggested obama's team manipulated the data to give the president a boost well our guest is here to dispel conspiracy theories around the drop which is not to say the jobs numbers are manipulated but rather that they're manipulated on an ongoing basis one argue our economist argued in past have times look at this the unemployment rate has been low only because government programs especially social security disability have effectively been buying people off the unemployment rolls and...
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jack welch made a lot of headlines with a tweet that said, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so they change the numbers without any substantiation. he was on "hardball" with chris matthews and this is how he explained it. >> i've reviewed 14 businesses this week. from restaurants to widgets. i have seen everybody with a third quarter equal to or weaker than the first quarter. in order to get 873,000 new jobs, you would have to have a g.d.p. going at 4% to 5%. the second quarter was downgraded from 1.7% to 1.3%. the third quarter is not going to be very strong. it just defies the imagination to have a surge larger than any surge since 1983 a month before the election. i leave it to you to do all the analysis. >> one of the most important ceos in america. formerly of general electric. does this ring true? >> well, it rings true to me. since it's a survey, is this outside of the statistical bounds of their survey, which is plausible but irrelevant. but you have a president who says last budget got zero votes in the last senate. z
jack welch made a lot of headlines with a tweet that said, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so they change the numbers without any substantiation. he was on "hardball" with chris matthews and this is how he explained it. >> i've reviewed 14 businesses this week. from restaurants to widgets. i have seen everybody with a third quarter equal to or weaker than the first quarter. in order to get 873,000 new jobs, you would have to have a...
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we were just talking about this tweet from jack welch. he tweeted, unbelievable numbers. the chicago guys will do everything. can't debate the numbers. it is lighting up the tweet sphere. >> there was a huge 873,000 increase in the household survey exceeding the 418 in the labor force. a lot of these numbers, is there wiggle room? there's assumptions, right? >> there's a lot of wiggle room. they're calling up people on the phone. who knows who answers the phone? nowadays you have cell phones and you're not going to answer the phone at home. my phone won't be answered because you'll say that's some weird person polling me. >> although some would say how come it goes and not above. that is volatile. >> because of that, don't trust the number like that. steve had the right answer. he was averaging on ten months and now it was his forecast that was easy. >> and to be honest with you, if i was going to manipulate them
we were just talking about this tweet from jack welch. he tweeted, unbelievable numbers. the chicago guys will do everything. can't debate the numbers. it is lighting up the tweet sphere. >> there was a huge 873,000 increase in the household survey exceeding the 418 in the labor force. a lot of these numbers, is there wiggle room? there's assumptions, right? >> there's a lot of wiggle room. they're calling up people on the phone. who knows who answers the phone? nowadays you have...
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>> i think the jack welch stuff was crazy talk. and earlier in the year when you guys were down in washington on this, joe and i talked about it, there were between points that i would make. one, nobody messes or manipulates these numbers. but, took i think we exaggerate the importance of the numbers for this reason. the people who will vote on november the 6th know what they feel about the economy already. they're living it every day. so because there's a headline that says 7.8, it's a talking point, but they already know what their friends and neighbors are doing. >> when do we find out how romney is fun raising compared to that 180 million or whatever? >> i think if it was so par with obama's, we would have heard already. i think it's probably behind. >> you don't hear that that's unbecoming to have so much money to spend. just don't hear -- it's alway s the republicans. >> it's not decided by money. nice to have, but there is saturation information for the small number of swing voters. and even if obama beat romney by 20, 30 mi
>> i think the jack welch stuff was crazy talk. and earlier in the year when you guys were down in washington on this, joe and i talked about it, there were between points that i would make. one, nobody messes or manipulates these numbers. but, took i think we exaggerate the importance of the numbers for this reason. the people who will vote on november the 6th know what they feel about the economy already. they're living it every day. so because there's a headline that says 7.8, it's a...
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jack welch, the former ceo of general electric as you just mentioned on squawk out on twitter today. he's been obviously critical of the white house for years now, but he says unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. that's the former head of a very large company. >> i'm on tv, and i remember jack sent me a fax when i was first on with mark haynes. i like you. i love jack. i'm trying to reconcile jack with the numbers because i trust jack and think he's terrific. i come back and say listen, they've been wrong -- he's jack. i don't think that they're phony. it doesn't make me feel that jack is off the reservation so much that i think that this particular issue -- i disagree with him. i read the tweet and i was, darn, jack, come on, man. >> let's say good is good. >> does this mark the turning point and we had david come out this morning where he was establishing 1575 and that's quite an upside for 2013 particularly if he's standing by a year-
jack welch, the former ceo of general electric as you just mentioned on squawk out on twitter today. he's been obviously critical of the white house for years now, but he says unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. that's the former head of a very large company. >> i'm on tv, and i remember jack sent me a fax when i was first on with mark haynes. i like you. i love jack. i'm trying to reconcile jack with the numbers because i trust...
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shortly after the postive news was revealed, jack welch, former ceo of ge, tweeted: "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers." betsey stevenson, the former chief economist in the labor department, tweeted back: "anyone who thinks that political folks can manipulate the unemployment data are completely ignorant about how bls works and how data are compiled." according to the labor department, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8%. the number of people hired for full- time jobs rose by 838,000. part-time workers dropped by 26,000. we'll have more on the date later in the show. protests are expected as german chancellor angela merkel travels to greece this week. tuesday's visit will be the first by merkel since the debt crisis erupted. the prime minister of greece told reporters friday athens will run out of money at the end of november if it doesn't get another bailout. germany has been pushing greece to make severe budget cuts. labor unions are at the ready to protest those cuts that affect their salaries and pensions. where's gold
shortly after the postive news was revealed, jack welch, former ceo of ge, tweeted: "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers." betsey stevenson, the former chief economist in the labor department, tweeted back: "anyone who thinks that political folks can manipulate the unemployment data are completely ignorant about how bls works and how data are compiled." according to the labor department, the unemployment rate dropped...
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jack welch said unbelievable job numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. let's get the second one up. the second theory proposed is from a conservative righter. i don't think bls cooked the numbers. i think a bunch of dems lied about getting job. that has the same effect. quickly, make your point. it's depressing to ask this question, but how can we be confident because the numbers are legit? >> you have to know something about the bureau of labor statistics. this is an institution with incredible statistical integrity in how they collect, analyze and report the data. this is an absolutely ludicrous claim. we shouldn't give it any oxygen. in fact, half the people who are saying they don't believe the numbers then start citing bls numbers to show other point they want to make. this agency has been reporting these data for decades. the security that goes around. i've been writing about this on my blog today to see the details about how they make sure there's no political bias in here. it's absolutely the case that any statisti
jack welch said unbelievable job numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. let's get the second one up. the second theory proposed is from a conservative righter. i don't think bls cooked the numbers. i think a bunch of dems lied about getting job. that has the same effect. quickly, make your point. it's depressing to ask this question, but how can we be confident because the numbers are legit? >> you have to know something about the bureau of labor...
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former ge ceo jack welch is out at fortune magazine according to reports. last week, welch questioned the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8%. he famously tweeted, "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers." the comments caught widespread traction. critics, however, included a fortune manager. fortune.com posted an article highlighting that ge lost 100,000 jobs under welch's leadership. welch says he can no longer write for the magazine. some companies are using the presidential campaigns as an opportunity for new ad campaigns. 7-11 says so far obama takes the lead in its "7 election campaign," where shoppers can choose from a "romney" red cup or an "obama" blue cup. meanwhile, cabbage patch will release a line of dolls that resemble the candidates up for auction on ebay. and, pizza hut is offering free pizza for life to whomever asks the candidates if they prefer sausage or pepperoni at a town hall debate next week. still to come, with the country at a crossroads over labor unions, a new film gives us
former ge ceo jack welch is out at fortune magazine according to reports. last week, welch questioned the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8%. he famously tweeted, "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers." the comments caught widespread traction. critics, however, included a fortune manager. fortune.com posted an article highlighting that ge lost 100,000 jobs under welch's leadership. welch says he can no longer write for the...
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howard, jack welch was here friday, he did all right. >> i would say it doesn't feel -- i get what the mayor is saying but it doesn't quite feel wlik the chorus you're talking about for some reason. speaking of surrogates, what about the entertainment people? they love barack obama. get out of l.a. and get on the road. >> go to your hometown and tell people what you think. never talk out of l.a., never talk out of new york. i say this to every celebrity i know, go home where you came from, talk to the people you grew up with. >> all advice appreciated. we're moving on to win on election day on november 6th. >> it's free. anyway, coming up -- thank you, mr. mayor. coming up, mitt romney attacks president obama on foreign policy saying if he were president, he would heat up and prolong every war front in the world, iraq, afghanistan, syria. more war, continuous war, new wars. that's the romney plan. >>> also, joe the first responder. he's taken guff for his gaffes and been lampooned on "snl" but surprise, surprise, vice president joe biden is the guy who democrats are counting on this we
howard, jack welch was here friday, he did all right. >> i would say it doesn't feel -- i get what the mayor is saying but it doesn't quite feel wlik the chorus you're talking about for some reason. speaking of surrogates, what about the entertainment people? they love barack obama. get out of l.a. and get on the road. >> go to your hometown and tell people what you think. never talk out of l.a., never talk out of new york. i say this to every celebrity i know, go home where you...
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look at this these numbers are unbelievable actually it was jack welch and said these numbers are unbelievable and i dove into him and so well certainly it could be an outlier you know believe a bull unbelievable how i guess is the way do i think the b.l.s. is cooking the books per se no i allot of these people were hired under the bush administration they're not democrats the b.l.s. doesn't consist of a bunch of of democrats cooking the books for obama you know rather you know they do their job and sometimes there's outliers and sometimes there's not certainly the proceedings three months were really horrendous we had kind of a snap back lot of what we can discuss that a little bit but they were actually going out there and manipulating the data i think someone would squawk someone would be raising the red and look at this look at what obama is doing ok so i'm not going to stare at the theories fall short or i totally hear you there so you said so you chalk this up to a conspiracy theory so let's just square away the september numbers in terms of what came out and then how to how to square th
look at this these numbers are unbelievable actually it was jack welch and said these numbers are unbelievable and i dove into him and so well certainly it could be an outlier you know believe a bull unbelievable how i guess is the way do i think the b.l.s. is cooking the books per se no i allot of these people were hired under the bush administration they're not democrats the b.l.s. doesn't consist of a bunch of of democrats cooking the books for obama you know rather you know they do their...
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job and investigating the number rather than investigating what josh welch -- jack well were has to say. >>neil: in other words investigate how he came up with that snub? >>guest: this is like like the greatest expansion in history. the none came out of left field. someone has to explain. no one is explaining the number but to say, well, this is what we came up with. >>neil: sort of like the hotel scales that show me five pounds less than i know i am. i will buy that. i will stick with that. gary, always a pleasure. thank you very much. >>guest: my pleasure, thank you. >>neil: by the way, talk about a jump on the competition. this young lady was back flipping her way into the record books. it is true. but we have something we think you are going to flip over more. our coverage is thursday at the vice presidential debate live from kentucky, all kicking off at 4:00 p.m. eastern on fox and then we are back at it at 8:00, four hours nonstop coverage. where we end up, no one knows but it is exciting because you never know would will drop by as we gauge the impact on the presidential race
job and investigating the number rather than investigating what josh welch -- jack well were has to say. >>neil: in other words investigate how he came up with that snub? >>guest: this is like like the greatest expansion in history. the none came out of left field. someone has to explain. no one is explaining the number but to say, well, this is what we came up with. >>neil: sort of like the hotel scales that show me five pounds less than i know i am. i will buy that. i will...
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jack welch questioning the jobs report last friday. today he is using a few more than 140 characters to explain. we're going to talk about his op ed. at 8:00 a.m., jack will be calling into the show to talk about things. all of that coming up. on the lighter side of things, we'll be talking sports. in baseball, the playoffs last night. the a's beating the tigers 2-0. detroit now leads the series 2-1. the reds lost 2-1, but cincinnati still leads the series two games to one. we'll have more in squawk sports at 6:20 eastern. that's a good one i was watching. the next hour, we'll talk about golf. rhys jones is our guest host. he designs courses. andrew, good morning. >> thank you, becky. let's talk about earnings, starting with alco waalcoa. stronger demand for aluminum products, from airplanes and automobile producers. this offset weak aluminum prices and worries about china's slumping economy and that's probably the bigger and more important piece of all of this. the ceo cautioning that the company's noticed a slight slowdown in some re
jack welch questioning the jobs report last friday. today he is using a few more than 140 characters to explain. we're going to talk about his op ed. at 8:00 a.m., jack will be calling into the show to talk about things. all of that coming up. on the lighter side of things, we'll be talking sports. in baseball, the playoffs last night. the a's beating the tigers 2-0. detroit now leads the series 2-1. the reds lost 2-1, but cincinnati still leads the series two games to one. we'll have more in...
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meanwhile, former general electric chief executive jack welch has resigned as a contributor to fortune magazine. welch made news last week when he took to his twitter account and tweeted the labor of bureau statistics intentionally boosted the latest jobs report. and the bearish tone on wall street continues today with stocks near session lows. investors are bracing for a possible disappointing earnings season that starts after the closing bell, but right now we continue the countdown with liz claman. ♪ liz: okay, gang. i want to get wells fargo's chart up right now. when we first broke the news that united states attorney from the southern district of new york was going after wells fargo, it was down just about a half a percent. it kind of meandered there, this news broke shortly after 3 eastern. it is now down a full two-plus i percentage points. basically, the charge is that it's a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against wells fargo. the government's complaint seeks damages and civil penalties in essence saying that as a result of wells fargo's alleged false certifications of mortgag
meanwhile, former general electric chief executive jack welch has resigned as a contributor to fortune magazine. welch made news last week when he took to his twitter account and tweeted the labor of bureau statistics intentionally boosted the latest jobs report. and the bearish tone on wall street continues today with stocks near session lows. investors are bracing for a possible disappointing earnings season that starts after the closing bell, but right now we continue the countdown with liz...
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instead of acknowledging the positive news, jack welch led a group of lesser lights saying the numbers must have been manipulated by the obama administration and that the unemployment rate couldn't really be below 8%. jon stewart weighed in. >> it's got to be corrupt political manipulation of the official statistics. what else would explain why after unemployment has been steadily declining for the last year that now suddenly right before the election it declines a little more? please. >> a lot of people are saying that the government's cooking the books here. >> i'll tell you these guys are saying they feel like they cooked the books. >> look, i got to say, if you're cooking the books, 7.8% unemployment is a [ bleep ] recipe. it's like the radish stew of jobless numbers. if you're cooking, make a nice jambalaya, something nice for people. unemployment is 2.6%. everybody, now we're getting -- >> enough said. with the election just weeks away, positive news about the economy ignites desperation among angry republicans. >>> last time i told you about republican congressman paul broun, th
instead of acknowledging the positive news, jack welch led a group of lesser lights saying the numbers must have been manipulated by the obama administration and that the unemployment rate couldn't really be below 8%. jon stewart weighed in. >> it's got to be corrupt political manipulation of the official statistics. what else would explain why after unemployment has been steadily declining for the last year that now suddenly right before the election it declines a little more? please....
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even jack welch said it, hard to reconcile these numbers. he tweeted, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so they change the numbers. that is harsh criticism. here with me is economist peter morici. which also have gary burtless, senior fellow? [no audio. what do you think. what a difference between the two surveys. peter, start with you. >> the bls is not cooking the numbers. i believe that. they don't do such a thing. there a anomalies. household survey counts self-employed people. a lot of people established home based business. they have been dissipating savings. that doesn't mean they're fully employed. to have 800,000 jobs created that would be 6% gain in employment in one month. that would be 135% rate per year, or some big number like that. that's crazy. on a compounded basis in economy growing only 1 1/2% a year. that's just silly. my feeling it is a lot of folks, home based businesses. pick up a little more here and there but they're not really fully employed. melissa: gary, do you think that what is going on? >> no, look the hou
even jack welch said it, hard to reconcile these numbers. he tweeted, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so they change the numbers. that is harsh criticism. here with me is economist peter morici. which also have gary burtless, senior fellow? [no audio. what do you think. what a difference between the two surveys. peter, start with you. >> the bls is not cooking the numbers. i believe that. they don't do such a thing. there a anomalies. household...
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i hear from jack welch and everyone, even though we lost, nothing like any of us have ever seen. >> plus singing "ole, ole, ole." >> thank you. >>> when we come back, we have sam zell unveiling where he sees opportunities right now. stick around. we'll be right back. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business. and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for achiever in you. >>> finding opportun
i hear from jack welch and everyone, even though we lost, nothing like any of us have ever seen. >> plus singing "ole, ole, ole." >> thank you. >>> when we come back, we have sam zell unveiling where he sees opportunities right now. stick around. we'll be right back. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is...
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when it comes to distrust and reporting, jack welch certainly is not alone. take a look at what gary tuchman uncovered about voters, about polls and, yep, the media when he followed paul ryan on the stump. >> reporter: before he walks into this college gymnasium in rochester, michigan, the crowd's already been whipped into a frenzy. and on the same day when paul ryan's done with his campaign speech here in swanton, ohio. >> i really appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: there's no shortage of enthusiastic supporters hoping to shake the vice presidential candidate's hand. ryan then delivers a well-received stump speech. >> we need to change presidents. and we need to elect mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> reporter: but amid the enthusiasm there is anger among many people at these rallies. seething anger at the news media. >> the media lies. the media are for obama. >> i got to be honest, i can't stand it. it's brutal. it's dechtly one-sided. >> let's hear it for paul ryan. >> reporter: paul ryan said it himself that he believes there wa
when it comes to distrust and reporting, jack welch certainly is not alone. take a look at what gary tuchman uncovered about voters, about polls and, yep, the media when he followed paul ryan on the stump. >> reporter: before he walks into this college gymnasium in rochester, michigan, the crowd's already been whipped into a frenzy. and on the same day when paul ryan's done with his campaign speech here in swanton, ohio. >> i really appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter:...
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former general electric chief executive jack welch has resigned from fortune magazine. we took to the twitter account and the bureau of labor statistics boosting their latest jobs report to president obama's chances for reelection. investors bullish after a ratings downgrade. goldman sachs cut the company's ratings to sell with a $5 price target. it is overvalued giving deep liquidity and meager returns. the bearish town on wall street continues following a week forecast since global economic growth. investors are bracing for possible disappointing earnings season which unofficially kicks off with out, after the closing bell. that is the latest business from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. tracy: when it is cold and dreary do you dream of running along the beach or through the california mountains? jeff flock getting a sneak peek at technology that takes you there. >> amazing what they do with treadmills. take a look this. you can watch tv on the treadmill and play a game or something like that but here they have developed a program that enable
former general electric chief executive jack welch has resigned from fortune magazine. we took to the twitter account and the bureau of labor statistics boosting their latest jobs report to president obama's chances for reelection. investors bullish after a ratings downgrade. goldman sachs cut the company's ratings to sell with a $5 price target. it is overvalued giving deep liquidity and meager returns. the bearish town on wall street continues following a week forecast since global economic...